Morris, Wesley A.2009-06-042009-06-041994Buaas, John Wesley. "Narratives of astonishment: Miscegenation in New World literature." (1994) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16710">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16710</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16710Through readings of a variety of literary and historical narratives from throughout the Americas dating from the 16th century to the present, I show that miscegenation, its sudden and disrupting revelation in these narratives serving as the catalyst for utopian and/or apocalyptic rhetoric, becomes a trope for New World cultural identity (Utopia and Apocalypse themselves being crucial ideas for this hemisphere). I call by the name "Astonishment" the resulting space created by the sudden revelation of miscegenation in these narratives.235 p.application/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.Comparative literatureAmerican literatureCanadian literatureLatin American literatureThesisTHESIS ENGL. 1994 BUAAS